Energies - Vaclav Smil

Energies

An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization

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Buch | Softcover
228 Seiten
2000
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-69235-9 (ISBN)
27,95 inkl. MwSt
A lively and accessible survey of all the forms of energy that shape our world, from the sun to the human body, from bread to microchips.
Energy is the only universal currency. One of its many forms must be transformed into another in order for stars to shine, planets to rotate, living things to grow, and civilizations to evolve. Recognition of this universality was one of the great achievements of nineteenth-century science, yet even today there is little literature that tries to view the world broadly through the prism of energy.In this highly original book, ecologist Vaclav Smil takes the principle of universality seriously, presenting a comprehensive and integrated survey of all the forms of energy that shape our world, from the sun to the human body, from bread to microchips. Written in a scientifically sophisticated yet accessible style, Energies consists of eighty-two short essays organized under six headings: Sun and Earth, Plants and Animals, People and Food, Preindustrial Societies, Fossil-Fueled Civilization, and Motion and Information. Each essay explains the science of the energy form as well as its implications for the functioning of the universe, life, or human society. Cross-links and summary diagrams allow easy comparisons among the various levels and flows of energy.

Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of forty books, including Energy and Civilization, published by the MIT Press. In 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In 2013 Bill Gates wrote on his website that "there is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil."

Reihe/Serie Energies
Verlagsort Cambridge, Mass.
Sprache englisch
Maße 203 x 229 mm
Gewicht 431 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Thermodynamik
Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10 0-262-69235-X / 026269235X
ISBN-13 978-0-262-69235-9 / 9780262692359
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